Alert archive / Maryland / 2018
Weather alerts in Maryland, January 2018
51 weather alerts in January 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 51
- Warnings
- 8
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 31
- Busiest day
- January 3, 201810 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 44 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:30 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | PBZ | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | LWX | Allegany | 24 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Allegany | 38 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 38 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 38 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:00 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 33 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:42 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 4 days | |
| Jan 3, 6:47 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Worcester | 18 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 14 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PBZ | 58 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:36 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | LWX | Allegany | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:36 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | LWX | Allegany | 56 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:36 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:48 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 11:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 8 hr | |
| Jan 4, 12:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 20 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:45 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 33 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:55 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:35 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 36 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and 5 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 33 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:32 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 13 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 43 hr | |
| Jan 12, 12:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Allegany | 21 hr |
| Jan 12, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 56 min |
| Jan 12, 7:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:34 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Allegany | 21 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:43 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr | |
| Jan 13, 9:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Washington | 60 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 34 hr | |
| Jan 15, 1:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:19 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Allegany | 29 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 19 hr | |
| Jan 23, 9:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 10:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 10:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 63 min |
| Jan 23, 1:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 2:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 2:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 34 min |
| Jan 29, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Allegany | 32 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 39 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:52 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Worcester | 18 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 13 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 13 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County14
- Worcester County10
- Wicomico County9
- Dorchester County8
- Somerset County8
- Anne Arundel County8
- Howard County8
- Montgomery County8
- Prince George's County8
- Washington County8
- Baltimore County7
- Carroll County7
- Frederick County7
- Harford County7
- City of Baltimore7
- Calvert County6
- Charles County6
- Saint Mary's County6
- Caroline County6
- Cecil County6
- Kent County5
- Queen Anne's County5
- Talbot County5
- Garrett County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.